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Chapter 15

Love and Leverage

Richard pulled back and looked at her carefully. "Are you sure?"

"Yes." She nodded. Tears filled her eyes. "I want to feel tonight. I just want to feel loved and not like a prisoner. I want to know this is real and when I wake up you'll still be there." Because if you don't come with me when it's all over, she thought painfully, then this will be all we can have.

"Yes." He murmured kissing her. He pulled her out of the room and quickly led her to her bedroom. Richard shut her door and grabbed a chair from a nearby vanity and braced it under the handles. The doors locked from the outside, but if someone decided to come in, he'd make it more difficult for them to get in.

Turning back to Cami he saw her watching him, her eyes filled with love and desire. Her lips were swollen from their earlier kisses and as he came close to her again her eyes darkened until they were deep pools of blue. Richard ran his hands up her silky arms and shoulder, resting against her neck. Their eyes never leaving the other, he reached up and pulled out the pins holding her hair on top of her hair. Cami shivered with delight at the feel of his hands tangling in her waves as he brought their lips together again. His fingers caressed her bare back softly, igniting a fire deep inside her. She moaned softly.

Her fingers shaking, she pulled his shirt out of the waistband of his slacks and let her hands touch the abs and chest she'd been fantasizing about since she laid eyes on him. She loved the way he felt under her hands. Her nails lightly grazed his abs earning her a deep growl from him. Cami's body heated up at the sound and frantically, she was yanking his shirt off him.

Richard chuckled softly and pulled back to dispose of his shirt. They stood a few feet apart, ragged breaths coming from them. Cami took in his washboard abs and licked her lips as she met his eyes. He was looking at her with a hunger she'd never known existed in someone. In seconds he had her back in his arms. Lacing kisses along her jaw, neck and shoulders, he worked the back of her dress until it pooled at her feet.

Cupping her breasts gently, he watched as her head fell back as his thumbs ran over the nipples. He couldn't wait to taste her. Picking her up he laid her on the bed, coming down with her. When his mouth took in one of her nipple, Cami gasped out his name and tangled her hands in his hair. He lavished attention to her breasts and slowly made his way farther down. Coming to the top of her panties, he lifted his head to look at her. Her whole body felt like it was throbbing beneath his hands. Her arms were above her head in tiny little fists. She met his eyes and smiled. With a wicked grin to his lips, he removed her panties.

"Richard!" She cried out as his tongue slipped in to taste her. Her moans drove him wild. Her body writhed beneath him. He could feel her coming close. He needed to be in her as she came. When his tongue left her, she let out a moan of frustration, causing him to chuckle.

"Patience." He murmured shedding the rest of his clothes.

Her eyes widened at the size of him. Would he fit, she wondered briefly, then didn't care. She just wanted to feel him in her. Her body was screaming for him. Richard met her lips against. She could feel him at her entrance.

"Cami." He gasped out when her hands reached down to touch him. "Baby, this is going to hurt."

"I know." Cami kissed him softly and lifted her hips unconsciously. "I trust you."

The unwavering trust she had shattered him. Gripping her hip with one hand, he thrust into her fast and hard. Cami cried out at the new invasion, her nails digging deep into his back. He buried himself completely in her. She was so tight, he thought through his haze, so right, so perfect. So his.

They paused in their position. He wanted her to get use to him. The feeling of utter completion had them both losing themselves in one another. Suddenly she wiggled her hips, causing him to groan. "Baby…" Her lips caught his and he knew he had to move. His thrusts started slowly, allowing her to get used to him, but all too soon she was gaining an impatient look on her face.

"Harder." She whimpered.

"I don't want to hurt you." He growled as he tried to control his thrusts, despite his body's demand he take her hard and fast. "I want to be gentle."

"You're not gentle." Cami murmured caressing his cheek. "I want you to be you."

Those words were his undoing. His body took over needing to claim his mate. Her soft moans and gasps drove him harder as his body thrust in and out of her deeper and deeper. Her nails continued down his back dragging the beast she wanted out of slumber. He was alive and full force. Knowing he was hitting her g-spot with his hard thrusts, he wanted her to come hard, and reached between them. His fingers flicked across her clit, extracting deeper moans from him. Her body was quivering beneath him, she was tightening around him more than he thought possible.

"Let go, baby." He murmured in her ear. "Fly with me."

The orgasm that surged through her brought a scream to her lips that Richard swallowed as his own body emptied itself deep in her. He collapsed on top of her, burying his face in her neck, breathing in her scent.

"Oh god…" Cami's heart beat was hammering against her chest wildly. She wrapped her arms around Richard. "That was…amazing."

"Mm-hmm." He mumbled in her neck.

"Rick… I can't breathe." She said.

Richard pulled out of her slowly and rolled to his back, bringing her to rest on his chest. "It'll be better next time."

"It gets better?" Her voice held wonderment. Everything had felt so right, so wonderful, so perfect she was surprised by his words.

He paused before saying, "It won't hurt next time."

"Oh." She snuggled into him. A lot of the friends or class mates that had talked to her said how painful and awful their first times were, but she didn't feel that way. She felt beautiful and sexy. Her body still hummed from her orgasm.

They lay there for a while before Richard remembered something and rose from the bed. Walking to the bathroom he grabbed a washcloth and got it damp. He walked back to Cami and gently pried her legs apart. He cleaned the blood off her that had come with taking her virginity. Cami thought she would be embarrassed but watching him care for her like this was a huge turn on. He noticed the shift in her body and looked up and smiled.

…

Outside Cami's bedroom door, Christopher listened to the heated moans that came from inside the room. A grin came to his lips. Oh this was too perfect, he thought. His brother was tough to control at times, but since he found Cami it looked like he would have all the leverage he would need to make Richard behave.

For too long Richard has run around wild, he thought walking away from the bedroom. He didn't seem to understand that Christopher took a lot of risks to make sure he stayed alive. He had promised their father he would take care of his young brother. He had failed with Elena, but he would not fail with Richard.

Drake was correct when he said there were several similarities between Elena and Camille. It had been part of the reason he had taken her. There was a small physical resemblance as well, but that point was moot. Camille was leverage he needed and apparently she would suit his purposes for multiple leverages. Richard would do anything to keep her from being subject to justified punishments. He had seen that first hand this afternoon when Richard had interfered with his lesson toward Camille.

However, he was sure he'd gotten through to her when he had taken Richard down below and beaten him for interfering. He knew Richard's cries would be heard outside. He had become very good at taking punishments, Christopher reflected. Too good and it seemed he would have to use another tactic to make sure Richard understood he was not in a position to challenge Christopher. Of course, given that Richard didn't have any idea who Camille really was made the situation all that much more sweeter. It would be interesting to see how Richard reacts to finding out Camille was Carlos Manoso's youngest daughter.

It wasn't that he had anything against Manoso personally. From what he had gathered from his source, he was a shrewd businessman. Christopher could respect that, even admired it. But business was business and this was definitely what Camille was for him.

…

Richard woke up in the middle of the night to find Cami draped across him. A sheet was covering them at the waist. He could hardly believe the intensity of their lovemaking. He'd had sex before, both good and bad, but nothing could compare to what he and Cami shared. He had wanted this for the same reasons she had. If they never saw each other again after this ordeal, they'd been able to have time to love each other. He was just glad he'd been able to make her first time sweet and loving rather than painful as he knew it could be with girls.

Cami yawned and stretched, curling herself up into Richard's side. Her eyes opened slightly. "What are you doing awake?"

"I could ask you the same thing." He smiled.

"I wake up in the middle of the night a lot." She admitted. "I'm worried about my parents."

"I imagine they're just as worried about you." Richard replied.

"I know." Cami sighed. "But I'm also worried about my sister Elise. She was Special Forces in the Army until a few weeks ago. Her boyfriend is still there. I think it's hard for her not knowing where he is."

"Aren't you worried about yourself a little bit?"

She shook her head. "No. I should be, but…you've been protecting me and I know my family will find me."

"Cami, it's been a week." He murmured. "My brother may have covered his tracks a little too well."

Cami sat up and faced him. "You've heard of my family, so I know you know what my father is capable of just from stories you've heard." Her hands balled up. "My parents won't go stop fighting to find me. When they do, I'll make sure you come with me."

"Cami—"

"No." She shook her head again "I don't want to hear it. I have the utmost faith in my family. Christopher is going to learn real fast that you just don't fuck with my family and get away with it."

"Alright." He said and stayed silent pondering her statements. It was unusual to him, because the only person he had ever had to rely on was his mother and Christopher had taken her from him. To have that much faith in her family, to know they are coming for her was heartwarming, he realized. Shit, he thought, he'd forgotten what it was like to love someone until Cami had slapped him in the dining room the first night they'd met.

So, he would just have to have faith with her, he decided. If she was positive they were coming for her, then he would do what he had to help make that a reality.

Even if it meant losing her in the end.